Frontier and pioneer life
Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Albertson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0009
Abstract
Correspondence reflecting pioneer life in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Montana.
Almira Ames Farnham memoir
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0105
Abstract
Essay describing the life of Almira Ames Farnham, a pioneer woman from New England who settled near Morley, Iowa in 1859.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Almira Ames Farnham memoir
Bowersox and Osborn Family papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0500
Abstract
The Bowersox family settled in Johnson County, Iowa in approximately 1855. The papers include a family account book, school exams and teaching certificates.
Carrie Kelly Beatty papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0127
Abstract
Young woman who came to Hancock County, Iowa in 1868; her experiences were recorded in the book, A Prairie Rose, by Bertha E. Bush.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Carrie Kelly Beatty papers
Elizabeth Wherry papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0028
Abstract
Farm magazine writer.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Elizabeth Wherry papers
Iowa Author's Manuscripts Collection
Collection
Identifier: msc0869
Abstract
Includes manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, dust jackets, and other miscellany associated with publications of many Iowa Authors.
Jolley Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0077
Abstract
Correspondence spanning over 40 years and three generations of an Iowa farm family. Subjects include land speculation, farming in Bremer, Blackhawk, and Woodbury counties, farm life in Iowa during the 19th century, and W.W.I.
Kate Martinson papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0084
Abstract
Journals chronicle the life of an Iowa farm woman including her marriage, childrearing, family farm management, divorce, and remarriage.
Arrangement Two folders, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement Two folders, shelved in SCVF.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Kate Martinson papers
Laura Gibson Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0069
Abstract
Casey, Iowa native who taught country school before marrying and homesteading in Wyoming in 1913. She taught school in the Philippines in the 1910s and 1920s.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Laura Gibson Smith papers
Madge Clark Girard papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0617
Abstract
Reflections on Girard's early life homesteading in South Dakota.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Madge Clark Girard papers